Editing Quotes
280 quotes by 249 authors
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I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that.
— Drew Barrymore
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There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
— Josh Billings
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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
— Orson Scott Card
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I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.
— Graydon Carter
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The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater…
— Graydon Carter
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I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always…
— Margaret Cho
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I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my…
— Priyanka Chopra
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Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Everyone needs an editor.
— Timothy Foote
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The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.
— August Wilson
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Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.
— George D. Prentice
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Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too.
— Blake Morrison
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Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.
— Anatole France
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The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself…
— Donald Murray
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Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion of one's cone of vision,…
— John Szarkowski
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I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing. You're editing each…
— Chris Hillman
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I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly…
— Jeff Tweedy
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What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess I'm quite conservative…
— Bjork
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I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We're…
— Thelma Schoonmaker
Who Wrote These Editing Quotes
249 authors contributed a total of 280 Editing Quotes, led by these top contributors: